Chetan Bhagat’s most recent novel The 3 Mistakes Of My Life will also be adapted into a motion picture and this time the makers are none other than Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment.

The film will be directed by Abhishek Kapoor who earlier directed the super-hit Rock On.

“I was looking for a potential filmmaker to whom I could entrust the job of adapting my third book, The 3 mistake of my life. I happened to meet Farhan a couple of times and spoke to him about working together. He just casually mentioned that even Abhishek Kapoor was looking for a suitable script and that’s when things started rolling. Abhishek read the book and really liked the characters. He thought it does have potential to be adapted into a motion picture and that’s how things fell into place,” said the author.

So, will Chetan be involved with the screenplay too? “Yes the screenplay is being jointly written by Abhishek, Pubali Chaudhary and me. We are still in the first few drafts. There may be minor changes in the film as compared to the book but primarily it will capture the main spirit of the book,” Chetan added.

The film’s title and cast is yet to be decided upon and is likely to go on floors towards the end of this year or early next year.